Alicia Vikander is looking back on her Oscar-winning role in The Danish Girl a decade later.

The 36-year-old actress, who won Best Supporting Actress at the 2016 Oscars for her role as Gerda Wegener, spoke with British Vogue for the September 2025 issue about the film’s legacy.

The 2015 drama starred Eddie Redmayne as artist and transgender pioneer Lili Elbe, while Alicia played her wife, Gerda.

“I’m the first one to say it already feels extremely dated, which I think is a good thing,” Alicia shared.

“At that time, it was a pivot in something that it made [the subject of transgender lives] at least discussed. I hope that in a way it was a bit of an eye-opener and opened the way for art to cover those themes.”

The movie also starred Amber Heard , Ben Whishaw a

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